[Centos] Re: kernel question

Tue Sep 21 19:26:53 UTC 2004
Will Dinkel <wdinkel at teamhpc.com>

If you can't wait or don't want to mess with a kernel patch, just run
the following as root:

/sbin/sysctl -w vm.pagecache="1 5 10"
echo "vm.pagecache = 1 5 10" >> /etc/sysctl.conf

On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 14:20, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, C.M. Connelly wrote:
> 
> > "BS" == Bart Schaefer <schaefer+centos at zanshin.com>
> > 
> >     BS> (1) Is the aforementioned kernel patch already present in
> >     BS> the CentOS-3.3 kernels?
> > 
> > It seems like it's in the 3.1 series kernels
> 
> I know the device (what _is_ the right generic noun for the files under 
> /proc, anyway?) is there, but:
> 
> > Values default to 1, 15, 100, but can be reset with the command
> 
> The patch to which I'm referring isn't one to add the device, but rather 
> to reset the default parameters to 1, 5, 10.
> 
> > I'll let you know if I notice any changes.
> 
> Thanks.
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